Friday, August 24, 2007

in the gairden -
Buddha smirkin
cum weet cum sin




in the garden -
Buddha smiling
come rain come sun

Thursday, August 23, 2007

japanese gairden -
ma sheddae switters
ower the chingle




japanese garden -
my shadow ripples
over the shingle

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

the auld 'boglie hoose' -
maw's sheddae
a derk corse




the old 'haunted house' -
gull's shadow
a dark cross

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

the hail brae set aff -
a heel-merk
aside ilka saplin




the whole hillside planted -
a heel-mark
beside each sapling
faimlie ceilidh -
granfaither aye
a hauf-souch laicher




family sing-song -
grandfather always
a half-tone lower

Monday, August 20, 2007

on the peth
a pickle leaves -
fuspers o hairst




on the path
a few leaves -
whispers of autumn

Saturday, August 18, 2007

peerie moch
bouk o a spark
duntin throuch the weet




tiny moth
size of a raindrop
bumping through the rain

Friday, August 17, 2007

deuks:
tapsalteerie, reengin
cluds at thair feet




ducks:
upsidedown, searching
clouds at their feet
scuil's back:
causey
o peerie dramas




school's back:
street
of tiny dramas

Thursday, August 16, 2007

bi the heidstane
a wund-chime -
the anely vice as we quat




by the headstone
a wind-chime -
the only voice as we leave

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

fite roses
govein heivenwarts
glowe i the licht




white roses
gazing heavenwards
glow in the light


(feast of the assumption)

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

kettle's
box maisic -
pirls on the watter




picnic's
accordion music -
ripples on the water
in her gairden
the cailleach dovers -
the sinflooer's heid stints




in her garden
the old lady dozes -
the sunflower's head droops

Monday, August 13, 2007

thrisseldoon stack
tae the speuggie's neb -
seems tae lou his baird




thistledown stuck
to the sparrow's beak -
seems to enjoy his beard
on the lown watter -
gowsts o wund
apenin fans o pirls




on the still water -
gusts of wind
opening fans of ripples
skreich o day -
licht muives athort
the boo o the aipple




dawn -
light moves across
the curve of the apple

Saturday, August 11, 2007

fou muin
follaes me hame - fite bawdrons
curlt on ma doorstane




full moon
follows me home -
white cat curled on my doorstep

Friday, August 10, 2007

'anither sodger deid' -
they blaw cuil tirls
athort thair tae-cups




'another soldier dead' -
they blow cool breezes
across their tea-cups
bubblie on a peth -
sauch brainches
scuff her shouthers




tearful on a path -
willow branches
touch her shoulders

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

on a lanely peth
a bummer bizzes
...reasseerinly




on a lonely path
a bee buzzes
...reassuringly

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

sin throuch the leaves -
gies granny a tattoo
an aw




sun through the leaves -
gives grandmother
a tattoo also

Monday, August 06, 2007

frae the brig
tentie o the frog corssin
...the hern bidein




from the bridge
watching the frog crossing
...the heron waiting
bairn's neb at the winnock -
mornin glories
fouin wi weet




child's face at the window -
morning glories
filling with rain

Sunday, August 05, 2007

weet spae -
snail strunts
oot fir the day




wet forecast -
snail swaggers
out for the day

Saturday, August 04, 2007

pishin i the camp shunkie
attercap rins...
keeks...rins




peeing in the camp latrine
spider runs...
watches...runs
wund throuch
the new palin-reens -
anither vice i the gairden




wind through
the new fence-slats -
another voice in the garden

Thursday, August 02, 2007

pattrens o licht
fleitin throuch the treen -
plash o an aipple fawin




patterns of light
floating through the trees -
splash of an apple falling
furst brummles
bricht een
gove at me frae the buss




first brambles
bright eyes
gaze at me from the bush